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SEPA Compliant: To Be Or Not To Be?

SPECIAL REPORT By Anita Hawser To be or not to be? Compliant, that is. Apparently, the answer is it doesn’t matter—at least not yet. Just a few weeks before the February 1 SEPA deadline came to pass, the ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Slashing Saudi Oil Reliance

COUNTRY REPORT By Gordon Platt The coming year could be crucial for Saudi Arabia, as the Middle Eastern powerhouse deals...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Smooth Move: Equity Derivs Offset Risk

MARKET FOCUS By Jonathan Gregson Equity derivatives are no longer the preserve of hedge funds. Institutional investors and corporates are increasingly using them to offset risk and manage share buybacks. Equity derivatives markets emerged from their post-financial-crisis ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Zambian Growth Story

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT<br /> Zambia’s strong and stable economic expansion is enticing firms looking to build their African presence.Among frontier markets in sub-Saharan Africa, the country stands out for its stable economy and its long record of strong growth. These factors have helped attract investors to this copper-rich, landlocked nation of 14 million people..

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Brazil, India, South Africa, Most Affected By Fed Tapering

February 3, 2014 As the US Federal Reserve Board slowly moves away from the expansionary monetary policy it has pursued...

Features

Book Review: LatAm’s Recipe For Surviving Global Crises

Feb 7, 2014 – More than five years since the beginning of the global financial crisis, policymakers across the world...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Earnings KOd By FX Swings

Profits: Lost in translation Companies are struggling mightily to manage currency exposure in the face of rising exchange rate volatility....

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Will the ‘Google Tax’ Go Viral?

Tax officials perplexed by Google (Photo: CoolCaesar) If 2013 was the year public opinion turned solidly against the tax avoidance...

Features

Politics in Turkey Turn Downright Byzantine

Demo site: Protestors in Istanbul’s Taksim Square last summer ( Photo: Fleshstorm ) Turkey, the onetime sick man of Europe,...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Bernanke: In Praise of Bernanke

Bernanke: The Visible Hand For Ben Bernanke, a rocky eight-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is ending...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Asia: Backing The Right Horse

REGIONAL FOCUS By Thomas Clouse With China’s economy slowing, investors are pondering where the next big growth story will come from in emerging Asia. Many are betting on the ASEAN countries, which face regional, economic and political hurdles. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Bonds: The Sell-Off Is On

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt A rebound in global manufacturing, as well as rising confidence in the sector, is forcing bond yields higher, with emerging markets bonds feeling the brunt of the sell-off. However, analysts do not ...